A Verbum subscription grants you access to five major features and between 200 and 500 books (depending on your subscription level). You'll get more valuable features as they're added in addition to improvements to existing features. The features included to date are Smart Search, Search Result Summaries, Summarization Sidebar, Insights Sidebar, and homily Assistant.
Note: Because these features require accessing a third-party service, each request uses “credits.” Each account with access includes a fixed number of credits, which is renewed each month. The AI credit and notification symbol in the Toolbar indicates how many of your allocated AI credits you have used for the month.
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Smart Search
Note: This feature is available in all subscription tiers.
Smart Search uses the power of AI to search books, tools, and resources for articles that discuss the meaning of the words you enter and then displays the most relevant snippets in your search results. It makes searching your Verbum library as easy as you’ve always hoped it would be – and, it can even search Verbum books you don’t yet own.
Smart Search is the new default in both All Search and Books Search. But don’t worry – if you need the more precise search we’ve always offered, you can quickly switch to it with a couple clicks or by entering the syntax you're accustomed to using.
Smart Search is available today on desktop, web, and mobile.
Search Results Summaries
Note: This feature is available in all subscription tiers.
The new Smart Search sometimes finds so many helpful articles that you may not have time to read them all. That’s where our new Search Results Summaries come in. With one click, you can turn any brief search snippet into an AI-generated summary of the entire article, allowing you to understand better what each article covers.
Search Results Summaries are available today on desktop, web, and mobile.
Summarization Sidebar
Note: This feature is available in all subscription tiers.
The new Summarization Sidebar uses AI to summarize any article or chapter in almost any of your Verbum books. It can help you simplify a complex chapter or decide if it's worth your time to read a full article.
The Summarization Sidebar is available on desktop, web, and (using a pop-up sheet) on mobile.
Insights Sidebar
Note: This feature is available in all subscription tiers.
The new Insights Sidebar provides quick access to basic reference materials directly within your Bible panel, making it easy to reference Study Bibles, Commentaries, and other relevant passages without leaving the Bible panel.
The Insights Sidebar is available on desktop, web, and mobile.
Homily Assistant
Note: Homily Assistant is available in Verbum Pro and Verbum Max subscriptions.
Homily Assistant is an AI-powered tool that helps preachers overcome creative block and makes it easier to create materials to help your congregation engage with the message. Four tools are available within homily Assistant today on desktop, web, iPad and Android tablets.
Outline Generator
The Outline Generator takes passages and/or themes and generates starter outline ideas.
Illustrations Generator
The Illustrations Generator takes your custom prompt and selected settings to generate starter illustration ideas. The illustrations aren’t intended simply to be copied and pasted into your homily but rather to help overcome creative block by stimulating fresh ideas.
Discussion Questions Generator
The Discussion Questions Generator takes a completed homily and creates a series of discussion questions based on its existing text for use in a church bulletin or small group study. The questions could help ensure your hearers understand the message and theology, or they could help your people apply the homily to their own situations.
Homily Applications Generator
Application mode takes your custom prompt and selected settings to generate ideas for how to apply the homily to daily life.